Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On 2010-04-30 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? I think the problem you are having is un-themed GTK. You don't have a desktop suite, so maybe you're like me and you like to keep your system lean and mean. If so, it could be that you don't have any GTK themes installed. A simple, lightweight GTK theme will drastically improve the appearance of Iceweasel. The default GTK theme is called Raleigh and it's not very good, the fonts are too big, and so on. I lived without a theme for a while until I got so sick of how ugly my GTK apps were. Then I went searching for themes and everything's better. You can even get themes that are light and have good performance. If you are interested in getting some simple GTK themes: aptitude install gtk2-engines Hope this helps, Phil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100505073523.ga5...@kasploosh.net
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you?
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit big for my taste... Do you find the font of the toolbar is still small? Then instead 96dpi set to 120dpi, that will make things bigger. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.30.08.15...@gmail.com
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:05:42 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit big for my taste... Do you find the font of the toolbar is still small? Then instead 96dpi set to 120dpi, that will make things bigger. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.30.08.15...@gmail.com Doing xrandr --dpi 120, logging out of wmii and logging back in doesn't change anything. Maybe the problem I perceived in the text on screen is just how the monitor displays.
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit big for my taste... Do you find the font of the toolbar is still small? Then instead 96dpi set to 120dpi, that will make things bigger. Doing xrandr --dpi 120, logging out of wmii and logging back in doesn't change anything. Yes, as you already said yesterday, that option was not working for you. I dunno how to set DPI under wmii DE, unless you try to edit the xorg.conf file and put there. Maybe the problem I perceived in the text on screen is just how the monitor displays. I fail to see anything wrong in the image you sent. It is readable, is not distorted, is not small... :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.30.09.10...@gmail.com
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit big for my taste... Do you find the font of the toolbar is still small? Then instead 96dpi set to 120dpi, that will make things bigger. Doing xrandr --dpi 120, logging out of wmii and logging back in doesn't change anything. Yes, as you already said yesterday, that option was not working for you. I dunno how to set DPI under wmii DE, unless you try to edit the xorg.conf file and put there. Maybe the problem I perceived in the text on screen is just how the monitor displays. I fail to see anything wrong in the image you sent. It is readable, is not distorted, is not small... :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón Okay, I'll figure out how to set DPI and assume that whatever problem I see with the onscreen fonts here is due to the monitor. Thanks!
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit big for my taste... Do you find the font of the toolbar is still small? Then instead 96dpi set to 120dpi, that will make things bigger. Doing xrandr --dpi 120, logging out of wmii and logging back in doesn't change anything. Yes, as you already said yesterday, that option was not working for you. I dunno how to set DPI under wmii DE, unless you try to edit the xorg.conf file and put there. Maybe the problem I perceived in the text on screen is just how the monitor displays. I fail to see anything wrong in the image you sent. It is readable, is not distorted, is not small... :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón Okay, I'll figure out how to set DPI and assume that whatever problem I see with the onscreen fonts here is due to the monitor. Thanks! no, monitor doesn't have to do anything with it you have to distinguish things - that's it I'm suffering the same issue here, but did configure most of the things. For you however with this funny windows manager it would be really to set DPI globally. If you change DPI in the firefox properties it is applied only to the text, but not to the window itself. That's why it looks like much bigger then the menu area. I leave the firefox DPI setting to system and set the DPI in the window manager/server. regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hreer3$ud...@dough.gmane.org
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
deloptes wrote: James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:27:26 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: http://www.jhstuckey.com/1080.jpeg Does that look right to you? Mmmm, yes, nothing strange :-?. I bit big for my taste... Do you find the font of the toolbar is still small? Then instead 96dpi set to 120dpi, that will make things bigger. Doing xrandr --dpi 120, logging out of wmii and logging back in doesn't change anything. Yes, as you already said yesterday, that option was not working for you. I dunno how to set DPI under wmii DE, unless you try to edit the xorg.conf file and put there. Maybe the problem I perceived in the text on screen is just how the monitor displays. I fail to see anything wrong in the image you sent. It is readable, is not distorted, is not small... :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón Okay, I'll figure out how to set DPI and assume that whatever problem I see with the onscreen fonts here is due to the monitor. Thanks! no, monitor doesn't have to do anything with it you have to distinguish things - that's it I'm suffering the same issue here, but did configure most of the things. For you however with this funny windows manager it would be really to set DPI globally. If you change DPI in the firefox properties it is applied only to the text, but not to the window itself. That's why it looks like much bigger then the menu area. I leave the firefox DPI setting to system and set the DPI in the window manager/server. Right, I set DPI in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf: ... command=/usr/bin/X1 :0 -layout X1 -dpi 110 -isolateDevice PCI:1:0:0 vt7 ... command=/usr/bin/X0 :1 -layout X0 -dpi 110 -isolateDevice PCI:0:8:0 vt51 ... Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hrf69j$u5...@dough.gmane.org
New monitor, how to change screen resolution?
Hello, I just changed monitors and the new one has a different resolution. How do I configure my system to account for the change?
Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:42:58 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: I just changed monitors and the new one has a different resolution. How do I configure my system to account for the change? You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no one size fits all answer to that question. It depends on a lot of things. Please provide the following information: (1) The make and model of your computer (2) The make and model of your video card (3) The make and model of your monitor (4) The type of monitor (CRT, LCD, etc.) (5) The type of video connection used (digital, analog, etc.) (6) The contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if it exists (7) The contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log (8) Which release of Debian you are running (Lenny, Squeeze, Sid, etc) -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/674417720.81786.1272545865761.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?
You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no one size fits all answer to that question. It depends on a lot of things. Please provide the following information: (1) The make and model of your computer (2) The make and model of your video card (3) The make and model of your monitor (4) The type of monitor (CRT, LCD, etc.) (5) The type of video connection used (digital, analog, etc.) (6) The contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if it exists (7) The contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log (8) Which release of Debian you are running (Lenny, Squeeze, Sid, etc) Hi Stephen, (1) I'm on AMD64/Asus motherboard P5Q (2) NVIDIA 9800GT (3) ASUS VH242H (4) LCD (5) Digital connection, not DVI (6) Section ServerLayout Identifier X.org Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files ModulePath /usr/lib/xorg/modules FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi FontPath /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType FontPath built-ins EndSection Section Module Load record Load extmod Load glx Load dri Load dbe Load dri2 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse OptionProtocol auto OptionDevice /dev/input/mice OptionZAxisMapping 4 5 6 7 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Monitor Vendor ModelNameMonitor Model EndSection Section Device ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: i: integer, f: float, bool: True/False, ### string: String, freq: f Hz/kHz/MHz ### [arg]: arg optional #Option SWcursor # [bool] #Option HWcursor # [bool] #Option NoAccel# [bool] #Option ShadowFB # [bool] #Option UseFBDev # [bool] #Option Rotate # [str] #Option VideoKey # i #Option FlatPanel # [bool] #Option FPDither # [bool] #Option CrtcNumber # i #Option FPScale# [bool] #Option FPTweak# i #Option DualHead # [bool] Identifier Card0 Driver nvidia VendorName nVidia Corporation BoardName G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] BusID PCI:1:0:0 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Card0 MonitorMonitor0 SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection (7) X.Org X Server 1.7.6 Release Date: 2010-03-17 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.32-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian Current Operating System: Linux debian 2.6.32-3-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 24 18:07:42 UTC 2010 x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-amd64 root=UUID=cca7add1-981f-469f-9285-ae17722e24bd ro quiet Build Date: 05 April 2010 02:21:15PM xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2 (Timo Aaltonen tjaal...@ubuntu.com) Current version of pixman: 0.16.4 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Thu Apr 29 19:58:58 2010 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf (==) ServerLayout X.org Configured (**) |--Screen Screen0 (0) (**) | |--Monitor Monitor0 (**) | |--Device Card0 (**) |--Input Device Mouse0 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard0 (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:40 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no one size fits all answer to that question. It depends on a lot of things. Please provide the following information: (1) The make and model of your computer (2) The make and model of your video card (3) The make and model of your monitor (4) The type of monitor (CRT, LCD, etc.) (5) The type of video connection used (digital, analog, etc.) (6) The contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if it exists (7) The contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log (8) Which release of Debian you are running (Lenny, Squeeze, Sid, etc) (1) I'm on AMD64/Asus motherboard P5Q (2) NVIDIA 9800GT (3) ASUS VH242H (4) LCD (5) Digital connection, not DVI Digital connection, but not DVI? Hmm. This may be out of my league. I don't have any experience with that. (6) Section ServerLayout Identifier X.org Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files ModulePath /usr/lib/xorg/modules FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi FontPath /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType FontPath built-ins EndSection Section Module Load record Load extmod Load glx Load dri Load dbe Load dri2 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse OptionProtocol auto OptionDevice /dev/input/mice OptionZAxisMapping 4 5 6 7 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Monitor Vendor ModelNameMonitor Model EndSection Section Device ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: i: integer, f: float, bool: True/False, ### string: String, freq: f Hz/kHz/MHz ### [arg]: arg optional #Option SWcursor # [bool] #Option HWcursor # [bool] #Option NoAccel# [bool] #Option ShadowFB # [bool] #Option UseFBDev # [bool] #Option Rotate # [str] #Option VideoKey # i #Option FlatPanel # [bool] #Option FPDither # [bool] #Option CrtcNumber # i #Option FPScale# [bool] #Option FPTweak# i #Option DualHead # [bool] Identifier Card0 Driver nvidia VendorName nVidia Corporation BoardName G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] BusID PCI:1:0:0 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Card0 MonitorMonitor0 SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection It's the proprietary nvidia driver! Oh no! ;-) My first question is, how did you come up with this config file? Did you create it yourself by hand? Did you run a script to create it? Did the proprietary nvidia driver installation program create it for you? It seems way over-specified to me. (7) ... (++) using VT number 8 This is off topic, but did you notice that the X server initialized itself on VT number 8 instead of VT number 7? That means, for example, that if you are on virtual console number 1 (text mode) and wish to switch to the X server, you will need to use Ctrl+Alt+F8 instead of the usual Ctrl+Alt+F7. I've noticed this bug too lately. In fact, it's possible that you have have two copies of the X server running. One on VT 7 and one on VT 8. Wouldn't that be a hoot? ... (II) Apr 29 19:58:59 NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1080 Is that the resolution you are trying to obtain: 1920x1080? It's not a standard 4:3 aspect ratio, so it's most likely probed from the monitor. ... (8) Squeeze with Sid nvidia drivers -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to
Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Stephen Powell zlinux...@wowway.comwrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:40 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: You didn't provide much information, James. I'm afraid that there's no one size fits all answer to that question. It depends on a lot of things. Please provide the following information: (1) The make and model of your computer (2) The make and model of your video card (3) The make and model of your monitor (4) The type of monitor (CRT, LCD, etc.) (5) The type of video connection used (digital, analog, etc.) (6) The contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf, if it exists (7) The contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log (8) Which release of Debian you are running (Lenny, Squeeze, Sid, etc) (1) I'm on AMD64/Asus motherboard P5Q (2) NVIDIA 9800GT (3) ASUS VH242H (4) LCD (5) Digital connection, not DVI Digital connection, but not DVI? Hmm. This may be out of my league. I don't have any experience with that. (6) Section ServerLayout Identifier X.org Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files ModulePath /usr/lib/xorg/modules FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi FontPath /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType FontPath built-ins EndSection Section Module Load record Load extmod Load glx Load dri Load dbe Load dri2 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver kbd EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse OptionProtocol auto OptionDevice /dev/input/mice OptionZAxisMapping 4 5 6 7 EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Monitor Vendor ModelNameMonitor Model EndSection Section Device ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: i: integer, f: float, bool: True/False, ### string: String, freq: f Hz/kHz/MHz ### [arg]: arg optional #Option SWcursor # [bool] #Option HWcursor # [bool] #Option NoAccel# [bool] #Option ShadowFB # [bool] #Option UseFBDev # [bool] #Option Rotate # [str] #Option VideoKey # i #Option FlatPanel # [bool] #Option FPDither # [bool] #Option CrtcNumber # i #Option FPScale# [bool] #Option FPTweak# i #Option DualHead # [bool] Identifier Card0 Driver nvidia VendorName nVidia Corporation BoardName G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] BusID PCI:1:0:0 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Card0 MonitorMonitor0 SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection Display Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection It's the proprietary nvidia driver! Oh no! ;-) My first question is, how did you come up with this config file? Did you create it yourself by hand? Did you run a script to create it? Did the proprietary nvidia driver installation program create it for you? It seems way over-specified to me. (7) ... (++) using VT number 8 This is off topic, but did you notice that the X server initialized itself on VT number 8 instead of VT number 7? That means, for example, that if you are on virtual console number 1 (text mode) and wish to switch to the X server, you will need to use Ctrl+Alt+F8 instead of the usual Ctrl+Alt+F7. I've noticed this bug too lately. In fact, it's possible that you have have two copies of the X server running. One on VT 7 and one on VT 8. Wouldn't that be a hoot? ... (II) Apr 29 19:58:59 NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1080 Is that the resolution you are trying to obtain: 1920x1080? It's not a standard 4:3
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:27:59 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: (...) I don't recall how the config file was made. The resolution I want is 1920x1080. Restarting X gave me this resolution. Now my fonts on screen (like on the menu bar in iceweasel/icedove, for example) aren't too easy to read. They just don't look right. How do I fix that? That is probably due to a low DPI value. You can change it to whatever value you feel more confortable with. DPI value can be modified in GNOME under fonts settings / details and in KDE there should be a similar way under its control center / fonts. A value of 96 dpi should render fonts just fine. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.29.19.39...@gmail.com
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:27:59 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: (...) I don't recall how the config file was made. The resolution I want is 1920x1080. Restarting X gave me this resolution. Now my fonts on screen (like on the menu bar in iceweasel/icedove, for example) aren't too easy to read. They just don't look right. How do I fix that? That is probably due to a low DPI value. You can change it to whatever value you feel more confortable with. DPI value can be modified in GNOME under fonts settings / details and in KDE there should be a similar way under its control center / fonts. A value of 96 dpi should render fonts just fine. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.29.19.39...@gmail.com I don't use gnome or KDE.
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:40:46 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: That is probably due to a low DPI value. You can change it to whatever value you feel more confortable with. I don't use gnome or KDE. And what DE (if any) are you using? :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.29.19.45...@gmail.com
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:40:46 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: That is probably due to a low DPI value. You can change it to whatever value you feel more confortable with. I don't use gnome or KDE. And what DE (if any) are you using? :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.29.19.45...@gmail.com I'm using wmii
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:46:31 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: I don't use gnome or KDE. And what DE (if any) are you using? :-) I'm using wmii Uh... and how does one change DPI settings in that :-)? You could try running: xrandr --dpi 96 Or if you have installed nvidia control panel application, IIRC you can also change it from there. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.29.20.03...@gmail.com
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:46:31 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: I don't use gnome or KDE. And what DE (if any) are you using? :-) I'm using wmii Uh... and how does one change DPI settings in that :-)? You could try running: xrandr --dpi 96 Or if you have installed nvidia control panel application, IIRC you can also change it from there. Greetings, -- Camaleón xrandr --dpi 96 or --dpi [any other value] doesn't change anything. I don't see anything in nvidia-settings about DPI.
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:06:08 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón wrote: You could try running: xrandr --dpi 96 Or if you have installed nvidia control panel application, IIRC you can also change it from there. xrandr --dpi 96 or --dpi [any other value] doesn't change anything. I don't see anything in nvidia-settings about DPI. Mmmm... how about specifying: Option DPI 96 x 96 Under your /etc/X11/Xorg.conf Monitor section? (make a backup copy of the original file before making any change) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.29.20.15...@gmail.com
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:06:08 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Camaleón wrote: You could try running: xrandr --dpi 96 Or if you have installed nvidia control panel application, IIRC you can also change it from there. xrandr --dpi 96 or --dpi [any other value] doesn't change anything. I don't see anything in nvidia-settings about DPI. Mmmm... how about specifying: Option DPI 96 x 96 Under your /etc/X11/Xorg.conf Monitor section? (make a backup copy of the original file before making any change) Greetings, -- Camaleón I can't tell if that made a change or not. In either case, the fonts still look like garbage/aren't easy to read. I should note, the fonts in what I'm typing right now (gmail) aren't bad -- it's the fonts on the menu bar in iceweasel/icedove/whatever program.
Re: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 15:20 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:40 -0400 (EDT), James Stuckey wrote: [snip] (1) I'm on AMD64/Asus motherboard P5Q (2) NVIDIA 9800GT (3) ASUS VH242H (4) LCD (5) Digital connection, not DVI Digital connection, but not DVI? Hmm. This may be out of my league. I don't have any experience with that. HDMI perhaps? [snip] (7) ... (++) using VT number 8 This is off topic, but did you notice that the X server initialized itself on VT number 8 instead of VT number 7? That means, for example, that if you are on virtual console number 1 (text mode) and wish to switch to the X server, you will need to use Ctrl+Alt+F8 instead of the usual Ctrl+Alt+F7. I've noticed this bug too lately. In fact, it's possible that you have have two copies of the X server running. One on VT 7 and one on VT 8. Wouldn't that be a hoot? I noticed that on my system as well, and you might be correct, although VT7 only gives you a black screen with blinking cursor. You might be right about the 2 x servers: ste...@pc-steven:~$ ps aux | grep gdm root 2215 0.0 0.0 15372 1716 ?Ss 21:15 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm root 2220 0.0 0.1 15712 3248 ?S21:15 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm root 2229 2.3 2.1 77360 66380 tty7 Ss+ 21:15 1:22 /usr/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 steven3880 0.0 0.0 3116 768 pts/0S+ 22:14 0:00 grep gdm Might be a bug in the NVidia kernel module? Or is this something we can fix in the X configuration? (it would be nice to have in on VT7 again as default) ... (II) Apr 29 19:58:59 NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1080 Is that the resolution you are trying to obtain: 1920x1080? It's not a standard 4:3 aspect ratio, so it's most likely probed from the monitor. It's probably a TV, I have one of these myself, quite nice for watching films. ... (8) Squeeze with Sid nvidia drivers -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- James, about your resolution, have you tried nvidia-settings (needs to be invoked as root in an x session, start a terminal session from the menu, it's also listed in the System menu, but doesn't get invoked as root). If you don't have that tool, you can get it from the repositories. Regards, Steven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1272572858.2785.14.ca...@pc-steven.lan
Re: Making onscreen fonts read-able[was:New monitor, how to change screen resolution?]
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:20:36 +0200, James Stuckey wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Camaleón wrote: Option DPI 96 x 96 Under your /etc/X11/Xorg.conf Monitor section? (make a backup copy of the original file before making any change) I can't tell if that made a change or not. In either case, the fonts still look like garbage/aren't easy to read. I should note, the fonts in what I'm typing right now (gmail) aren't bad -- it's the fonts on the menu bar in iceweasel/icedove/whatever program. Can you please upload a snapshot so we can see what you get? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.04.29.21.05...@gmail.com
X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:27:38 -0400 (EDT), Redalert Commander wrote: Stephen Powell wrote: James Stuckey wrote: (7) ... (++) using VT number 8 This is off topic, but did you notice that the X server initialized itself on VT number 8 instead of VT number 7? That means, for example, that if you are on virtual console number 1 (text mode) and wish to switch to the X server, you will need to use Ctrl+Alt+F8 instead of the usual Ctrl+Alt+F7. I've noticed this bug too lately. In fact, it's possible that you have have two copies of the X server running. One on VT 7 and one on VT 8. Wouldn't that be a hoot? I noticed that on my system as well, and you might be correct, although VT7 only gives you a black screen with blinking cursor. You might be right about the 2 x servers: ste...@pc-steven:~$ ps aux | grep gdm root 2215 0.0 0.0 15372 1716 ?Ss 21:15 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm root 2220 0.0 0.1 15712 3248 ?S21:15 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm root 2229 2.3 2.1 77360 66380 tty7 Ss+ 21:15 1:22 /usr/bin/X :0 -audit 0 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 steven3880 0.0 0.0 3116 768 pts/0S+ 22:14 0:00 grep gdm Might be a bug in the NVidia kernel module? Or is this something we can fix in the X configuration? (it would be nice to have in on VT7 again as default) First of all, I need to correct myself. When switching from a text console to the X console, you don't need Ctrl. For example, Alt+F7 (or Alt+F8 in this case) will work fine. Ctrl is only needed when switching from the X console to a text console. For example, Ctrl+Alt+F1. I know you know that, but for the sake of correcting my earlier mistake I mention it. Second, the problem with the X server starting on the wrong console seems to be related to a failure to deallocate virtual terminal 7 when the old X server stops. I'm using the nv driver, which is also from nvidia, though it is open source. I'm wondering if anybody has seen this on a non-nvidia driver. If I switch to a text console, login as root, and issue deallocvt 7 I get an error something like this: Device or resource busy Someone gave me the tip some time ago that if I kill the process console_kit or something like that (I don't remember the exact name) then I can do a deallocvt 7 and it will work. Then, in theory, restarting the X server again (such as with /etc/init.d/gdm restart) should cause the X server to restart on vt 7. This used to work, but the last time I tried it I ended up with two X servers, one on VT 7 and one on VT 8! I had to reboot to clean things up. This situation is a mess and seems to be getting worse. As long as you login to GNOME only once per boot and shutdown the system from GNOME you won't have this problem. The initial allocation of VT 7 after a reboot works fine. But if you logout of GNOME after logging in, you're likely to have this problem. It doesn't seem to fail all the time, though. Perhaps it is a timing-related problem. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1837243773.98097.1272576916545.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Re: X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: and it will work. Then, in theory, restarting the X server again (such as with /etc/init.d/gdm restart) should cause the X server to restart on vt 7. This used to work, but the last time I tried it I ended up with two X servers, one on VT 7 and one on VT 8! I had to reboot to clean things up. This situation is a mess and seems to be getting worse. As long as you login to GNOME only once per boot and shutdown the system from GNOME you won't have this problem. The initial allocation of VT 7 after a reboot works fine. But if you logout of GNOME after logging in, you're likely to have this problem. It doesn't seem to fail all the time, though. Perhaps it is a timing-related problem. I've noticed this too lately, although i use the nvidia driver created by module assistant. I wonder if anyone not using the nv or nvidia driver also see this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1272577438.12886.2.ca...@debian.ok.shawcable.net
Re: X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)
On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 14:43 -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: and it will work. Then, in theory, restarting the X server again (such as with /etc/init.d/gdm restart) should cause the X server to restart on vt 7. This used to work, but the last time I tried it I ended up with two X servers, one on VT 7 and one on VT 8! I had to reboot to clean things up. This situation is a mess and seems to be getting worse. As long as you login to GNOME only once per boot and shutdown the system from GNOME you won't have this problem. The initial allocation of VT 7 after a reboot works fine. But if you logout of GNOME after logging in, you're likely to have this problem. It doesn't seem to fail all the time, though. Perhaps it is a timing-related problem. I've noticed this too lately, although i use the nvidia driver created by module assistant. I wonder if anyone not using the nv or nvidia driver also see this? I seem to have this all the time, even right after booting, although... I have 3 displays, and 2 ports on my GPU, so I often switch them, after doing so, I copy the relevant xorg.conf to it's proper location, and restart gdm. In doing so, I only log in into the first console, using ctrl+alt+F1, do the copy and /etc/init.d/gdm restart, at this point x is running in VT8, not 7. Up till this point, I haven't logged in to gnome. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1272579986.22626.8.ca...@pc-steven.lan
Re: X server starts on the wrong console (was: New monitor, how to change screen resolution?)
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:26:26 -0400 (EDT), Redalert Commander wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 14:43 -0700, Alan Ianson wrote: On Thu, 2010-04-29 at 17:35 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: Then, in theory, restarting the X server again (such as with /etc/init.d/gdm restart) should cause the X server to restart on vt 7. This used to work, but the last time I tried it I ended up with two X servers, one on VT 7 and one on VT 8! I had to reboot to clean things up. This situation is a mess and seems to be getting worse. As long as you login to GNOME only once per boot and shutdown the system from GNOME you won't have this problem. The initial allocation of VT 7 after a reboot works fine. But if you logout of GNOME after logging in, you're likely to have this problem. It doesn't seem to fail all the time, though. Perhaps it is a timing-related problem. I've noticed this too lately, although i use the nvidia driver created by module assistant. I wonder if anyone not using the nv or nvidia driver also see this? I seem to have this all the time, even right after booting, although... I have 3 displays, and 2 ports on my GPU, so I often switch them, after doing so, I copy the relevant xorg.conf to it's proper location, and restart gdm. In doing so, I only log in into the first console, using ctrl+alt+F1, do the copy and /etc/init.d/gdm restart, at this point x is running in VT8, not 7. Up till this point, I haven't logged in to gnome. But the key is restarting the X server, not necessarily a logout and login to the GNOME desktop. A login/logout sequence is simply the most common way to restart the X server. The X server can only start once safely. After that, who knows what VT it will end up on, and what parts of the old instance of the server will get terminated. Has anyone seen something like this on a non-Nvidia driver (not nv and not nvidia)? -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/489890958.104820.1272593228318.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Can not change Screen Resolution
Hi, I was using 1280x768. But after a reboot, my scrren changed to 640x480. Then, I went to Desktop | preference | Screen Resolution and tried to change the resolution back. But the drop down box did not work. The entry just stayed blue and did not show the rest of selections for the screen resolution. I was not able to change it back. Any idea? Thanks Yong Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can not change Screen Resolution
On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 03:05:19PM -0700, yong lee wrote: Hi, I was using 1280x768. But after a reboot, my scrren changed to 640x480. Then, I went to Desktop | preference | Screen Resolution and tried to change the resolution back. But the drop down box did not work. The entry just stayed blue and did not show the rest of selections for the screen resolution. I was not able to change it back. Any idea? How about sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, and ensuring that the resolution(s) you desired are checked in the debconf configs? Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah 462, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai - 600036 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Change screen resolution
All, I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen resolution is so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set during the initial system configuration (much lower). It looks really terrible and so uncomfortable!:(( The screen can be set to much higher resolution (it was in a high resolution before install debian). But I can't find from where I can re-set the X windown resolution! I have both gnome and kde installed, but no where I can find place to change the resoluion! Please anyone could tell me how can I change it? the current too low resolution just kills me.:(( All helps are highly appreciated. Thanks! Leo __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Change screen resolution
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:30:30PM -0700, lmyho wrote: I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen resolution is so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set during the initial system configuration (much lower). It looks really terrible and so uncomfortable!:(( The screen can be set to much higher resolution (it was in a high resolution before install debian). But I can't find from where I can re-set the X windown resolution! I have both gnome and kde installed, but no where I can find place to change the resoluion! Please anyone could tell me how can I change it? the current too low resolution just kills me.:(( sarge or etch/sid? at any rate what does the output of 'cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf |grep Modes' (sub XF86Config[-4] for sarge) say? Any of those lines have the resolution you want? If so, do they all? -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Change screen resolution
lmyho wrote: All, I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen resolution is so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set during the initial system configuration (much lower). It looks really terrible and so uncomfortable!:(( The screen can be set to much higher resolution (it was in a high resolution before install debian). But I can't find from where I can re-set the X windown resolution! I have both gnome and kde installed, but no where I can find place to change the resoluion! Please anyone could tell me how can I change it? the current too low resolution just kills me.:(( All helps are highly appreciated. Thanks! Leo __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From the K Menu, select Control Center - Peripherals - Display. Check the Apply settings on KDE startup box as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Change screen resolution
--- Roby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lmyho wrote: All, I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen resolution is so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set during the initial system configuration (much lower). It looks really terrible and so uncomfortable!:(( The screen can be set to much higher resolution (it was in a high resolution before install debian). But I can't find from where I can re-set the X windown resolution! I have both gnome and kde installed, but no where I can find place to change the resoluion! Please anyone could tell me how can I change it? the current too low resolution just kills me.:(( All helps are highly appreciated. Thanks! Leo From the K Menu, select Control Center - Peripherals - Display. I have checked this, but the highest I can choose from there is what I have right now, too low to bear.:(( So, seems like the system has set the resolution as so low, but why?? and how can I re-set it?? Do I have to reinstall -- hope not!! Check the Apply settings on KDE startup box as well. Where is KDE startup box? I didn't find it.:( Please help again. Thank you! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Change screen resolution
--- Christopher Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:30:30PM -0700, lmyho wrote: I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen resolution is so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set during the initial system configuration (much lower). It looks really terrible and so uncomfortable!:(( The screen can be set to much higher resolution (it was in a high resolution before install debian). But I can't find from where I can re-set the X windown resolution! I have both gnome and kde installed, but no where I can find place to change the resoluion! Please anyone could tell me how can I change it? the current too low resolution just kills me.:(( sarge or etch/sid? at any rate what does the output of 'cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf |grep Modes' (sub XF86Config[-4] for sarge) say? Any of those lines have the resolution you want? If so, do they all? It's sarge, the newest release, net install. But there is no xorg,conf or XF86Config[-4] file! what happen?:(( [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Change screen resolution
--- Christopher Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:30:30PM -0700, lmyho wrote: I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen resolution is so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set during the initial system configuration (much lower). It looks really terrible and so uncomfortable!:(( The screen can be set to much higher resolution (it was in a high resolution before install debian). But I can't find from where I can re-set the X windown resolution! I have both gnome and kde installed, but no where I can find place to change the resoluion! Please anyone could tell me how can I change it? the current too low resolution just kills me.:(( sarge or etch/sid? at any rate what does the output of 'cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf |grep Modes' (sub XF86Config[-4] for sarge) say? Any of those lines have the resolution you want? If so, do they all? -- Chris, The last reply was wrong, I got the result now, 6 lines of output, all are: Modes 800x600 640x480 800x600 is too low on the 19 screen!:( How to reset? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Change screen resolution
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 06:41:21PM -0700, lmyho wrote: --- Christopher Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:30:30PM -0700, lmyho wrote: I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen resolution is so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set during the initial system configuration (much lower). It looks really terrible and so uncomfortable!:(( The screen can be set to much higher resolution (it was in a high resolution before install debian). But I can't find from where I can re-set the X windown resolution! I have both gnome and kde installed, but no where I can find place to change the resoluion! Please anyone could tell me how can I change it? the current too low resolution just kills me.:(( sarge or etch/sid? at any rate what does the output of 'cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf |grep Modes' (sub XF86Config[-4] for sarge) say? Any of those lines have the resolution you want? If so, do they all? -- Chris, The last reply was wrong, I got the result now, 6 lines of output, all are: Modes 800x600 640x480 800x600 is too low on the 19 screen!:( How to reset? What you want to do here is either the easy way: 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' and accept the defaults, for everything except monitor, where you select the correct values (check your monitor book or the web for refresh rates) and select the appropriate resolutions; and video card, where you select your video card or 'vesa'--but not 'vga' or the hard way: edit the file, and add the resolution you want in front of the other resolutions (eg: 1280x1024 800x600 640x480) and made sure that the driver for the video card is _not_ set tovga -- if it is, change it to vesa -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The idea of male and female are universal constants. -- Kirk, Metamorphosis, stardate 3219.8 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Change screen resolution
--- Christopher Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 06:41:21PM -0700, lmyho wrote: --- Christopher Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:30:30PM -0700, lmyho wrote: I just installed debian on an older computer yesterday, but the screen resolution is so poorly set, which is actually different from the resolution I have set during the initial system configuration (much lower). It looks really terrible and so uncomfortable!:(( The screen can be set to much higher resolution (it was in a high resolution before install debian). But I can't find from where I can re-set the X windown resolution! I have both gnome and kde installed, but no where I can find place to change the resoluion! Please anyone could tell me how can I change it? the current too low resolution just kills me.:(( sarge or etch/sid? at any rate what does the output of 'cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf |grep Modes' (sub XF86Config[-4] for sarge) say? Any of those lines have the resolution you want? If so, do they all? -- Chris, The last reply was wrong, I got the result now, 6 lines of output, all are: Modes 800x600 640x480 800x600 is too low on the 19 screen!:( How to reset? What you want to do here is either the easy way: 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' and accept the defaults, for everything except monitor, where you select the correct values (check your monitor book or the web for refresh rates) and select the appropriate resolutions; and video card, where you select your video card or 'vesa'--but not 'vga' or the hard way: edit the file, and add the resolution you want in front of the other resolutions (eg: 1280x1024 800x600 640x480) and made sure that the driver for the video card is _not_ set tovga -- if it is, change it to vesa Chris, Thank you! I finally got the resolution I want!:) Not clear for bunch of questions in the configure, but anyway, I got what I need now -- much relax now. It was really drive me crazy! Thanks again. :)) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
